Serbia national basketball team

Serbia

Србија

Flag of Serbia

FIBA ranking

5^th

Joined FIBA

1936

FIBA zone

FIBA Europe

National federation

Basketball Federation of Serbia

Coach

Dušan Ivković

Nickname(s)

White Eagles (Бели Орлови, Beli Orlovi)

Olympic Games

Appearances

Medals

1996

World Championships

Appearances

Medals

1998, 2002

Eurobasket

Appearances

Medals

1995, 1997, 2001

1999

Uniforms



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The Serbia national basketball team (Serbian: Кошаркашка репрезентација Србије / Košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in international basketball matches. FIBA considers the Serbian national basketball team the direct descendant of Serbia and Montenegro.^[1]

1 History
2 FIBA World Championships
3 Competitions
- 3.1 Performance at Eurobasket
- 3.2 Performence at Summer Olympics
4 Current roster
5 Past rosters
6 References
7 External links

History

Main article: Yugoslavia national basketball team

FIBA World Championships

As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1994 - Did not participate due to the UN sanctions
1998 -
2002 -

As Serbia and Montenegro

2006 - 11th

Competitions

Performance at Eurobasket

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1993	-	Eurobasket 1993	Germany
1995	1	Eurobasket 1995	Greece
1997	1	Eurobasket 1997	Spain
1999	3	Eurobasket 1999	France
2001	1	Eurobasket 2001	Turkey
2003	6	Eurobasket 2003	Sweden
2005	9	Eurobasket 2005	Serbia & Montenegro
2007	14	Eurobasket 2007	Spain

Performence at Summer Olympics

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1992	-	Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics	Spain
1996	2	Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics	USA
2000	6	Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics	Australia
2004	11	Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics	Greece
2008	-	Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics	China

Current roster

Serbia National Basketball Team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Age	Ht.	Wt.	Club
1.0 PG	4	Serbia	Teodosić, Miloš	77 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Olympiacos BC
1.0 PG	5	Serbia	Tepić, Milenko	80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	KK Partizan*
3.0 SF	6	Serbia	Cvetković, Branko	79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Panionios BC*
4.5 F/C	7	Serbia	Erceg, Zoran	83 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Olympiacos BC*
2.0 SG	8	Serbia	Kecman, Dušan	78 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Panathinaikos BC*
1.0 PG	9	Serbia	Marković, Stefan	77 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	–	KK Hemofarm*
2.0 SG	10	Serbia	Tripković, Uroš	78 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	KK Partizan*
5.0 C	11	Serbia	Marjanović, Boban	88 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	KK Hemofarm*
5.0 C	12	Serbia	Krstić, Nenad	84 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Triumph Lyubertsy*
1.0 PG	13	Serbia	Vujanić, Miloš (C)	75 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Efes Pilsen SK*
4.0 PF	14	Serbia	Veličković, Novica	81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	KK Partizan*
5.0 C	15	Serbia	Perović, Kosta	86 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Valencia BC*
4.0 PF	20	Serbia	Savanović, Duško	80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	–	Club Baloncesto Sevilla*
3.0 SF	21	Serbia	Bogdanović, Luka	81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Joventut Badalona*
4.0 PF	- -	Serbia	Miličić, Darko	84 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	Memphis Grizzlies*

Head coach

Dušan Ivković

Assistant coaches

Aco Petrović
Aleksandar Kesar

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club field describes current pro club

Past rosters

As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1995 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 14 teams

Vlade Divac, Žarko Paspalj, Zoran Savić, Predrag Danilović, Aleksandar Đorđević, Dejan Bodiroga, Željko Rebrača, Saša Obradović, Dejan Tomašević, Zoran Sretenović, Miroslav Berić, Dejan Koturović (Coach: Dušan Ivković)

1996 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Vlade Divac, Žarko Paspalj, Zoran Savić, Predrag Danilović, Aleksandar Đorđević, Dejan Bodiroga, Željko Rebrača, Saša Obradović, Dejan Tomašević, Nikola Lončar, Miroslav Berić, Milenko Topić (Coach: Željko Obradović)

1997 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 16 teams

Dejan Bodiroga, Predrag Danilović, Zoran Savić, Aleksandar Đorđević, Željko Rebrača, Dejan Tomašević, Saša Obradović, Nikola Lončar, Miroslav Berić, Milenko Topić, Nikola Bulatović, Miroslav Radošević (Coach: Željko Obradović)

1998 World Championship: finished 1st among 16 teams

Dejan Bodiroga, Aleksandar Đorđević, Željko Rebrača, Dejan Tomašević, Saša Obradović, Nikola Lončar, Predrag Drobnjak, Vlado Šćepanović, Dragan Lukovski, Miroslav Berić, Nikola Bulatović, Milenko Topić (Coach: Željko Obradović)

1999 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Vlade Divac, Dejan Bodiroga, Predrag Stojaković, Predrag Danilović, Dragan Tarlać, Dejan Tomašević, Saša Obradović, Milan Gurović, Nikola Lončar, Milenko Topić, Vlado Šćepanović, Dragan Lukovski (Coach: Željko Obradović)

2000 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams

Dejan Bodiroga, Predrag Stojaković, Predrag Danilović, Željko Rebrača, Dragan Tarlać, Dejan Tomašević, Predrag Drobnjak, Saša Obradović, Igor Rakočević, Vlado Šćepanović, Dragan Lukovski, Nikola Jestratijević (Coach: Željko Obradović)

2001 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 16 teams

Dejan Bodiroga, Predrag Stojaković, Marko Jarić, Dragan Tarlać, Dejan Tomašević, Predrag Drobnjak, Milan Gurović, Igor Rakočević, Saša Obradović, Vlado Šćepanović, Dejan Milojević, Veselin Petrović (Coach: Svetislav Pešić)

2002 World Championship: finished 1st among 16 teams

Vlade Divac, Dejan Bodiroga, Predrag Stojaković, Marko Jarić, Vladimir Radmanović, Milan Gurović, Miloš Vujanić, Dejan Tomašević, Predrag Drobnjak, Igor Rakočević, Dejan Koturović, Žarko Čabarkapa (Coach: Svetislav Pešić)

As Serbia and Montenegro

2003 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

Predrag Stojaković, Marko Jarić, Milan Gurović, Miloš Vujanić, Predrag Drobnjak, Ognjen Aškrabić, Dušan Vukčević, Dejan Koturović, Nebojša Bogavac, Vule Avdalović, Đuro Ostojić, Kosta Perović (Coach: Dušan Vujošević)

2004 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 12 teams

Dejan Bodiroga, Vladimir Radmanović, Igor Rakočević, Dejan Tomašević, Predrag Drobnjak, Miloš Vujanić, Vlado Šćepanović, Nenad Krstić, Đuro Ostojić, Aleksandar Pavlović, Vule Avdalović, Petar Popović (Coach: Željko Obradović)

2005 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

Dejan Bodiroga, Marko Jarić, Željko Rebrača, Vladimir Radmanović, Igor Rakočević, Milan Gurović, Dejan Tomašević, Darko Miličić, Nenad Krstić, Dejan Milojević, Vlado Šćepanović, Vule Avdalović (Coach: Željko Obradović)

2006 World Championship: finished 11th among 24 teams

Darko Miličić, Igor Rakočević, Mile Ilić, Ognjen Aškrabić, Goran Nikolić, Bojan Popović, Vule Avdalović, Kosta Perović, Marko Marinović, Uroš Tripković, Miroslav Raičević, Branko Jorović (Coach: Dragan Šakota)

As Serbia

2007 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

Marko Jarić, Darko Miličić, Milan Gurović, Zoran Erceg, Miloš Teodosić, Branko Cvetković, Nemanja Aleksandrov, Milenko Tepić, Dragan Labović, Vuk Radivojević, Stefan Marković, Novica Veličković (Coach: Zoran Slavnić)

FIBA 2006 World Championship Squad

Position	Player	Club
Center	Darko Miličić	Memphis Grizzlies
Center	Mile Ilić	New Jersey Nets
Center	Kosta Perović	Golden State Warriors
Forward/Center	Miroslav Raičević	Dynamo Moscow
Forward/Center	Goran Nikolić	CB Estudiantes
Forward/Center	Ognjen Aškrabić	Dynamo Saint Petersburg
Forward	Branko Jorović	CB Girona
Guard	Igor Rakočević ^*	TAU Cerámica
Guard	Uroš Tripković	KK Partizan
Guard	Vule Avdalović	Pamesa Valencia
Guard	Bojan Popović	Dynamo Moscow
Guard	Marko Marinović	CB Girona

* - captain

References

↑ PR no.22: Montenegro becomes 213th FIBA Member, 28 August 2006

External links

International basketball

Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship Americas: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship Europe: FIBA Europe – EuroBasket Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

National basketball teams of Europe (FIBA Europe)

Serbia national basketball team

Contents

History

FIBA World Championships

Competitions

Performance at Eurobasket

Performence at Summer Olympics

Current roster

Past rosters

As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

As Serbia and Montenegro

As Serbia

FIBA 2006 World Championship Squad

References

External links